tural run-off exacerbating the spreading of dead zones (Diaz and Rosenberg, 2008): current agricultural practices, convert about 120 million tonnes of nitrogen from the atmosphere per year into reactive nitrogen containing compounds (Rock- ström et al, 2009). Up to two thirds of this nitrogen makes its way into inland waterways and the coastal zone, exceeding all natural inputs to the nitrogen cycle. Approximately 20 million tonnes of phosphorus are mined each year for fertilizers, al- most half returns to the ocean – approximately eight times the natural input (Rockström et al, 2009a). Together, this excess nitrogen and phosphorus drive potentially toxic algal booms and changes in biodiversity which can in turn lead to devastat- ing hypoxic events and enhancing dead zones (Tilman, 1998; Rockström et al, 2009b) resulting in huge economic losses across many sectors (Figueredo and Giani, 2001, Hernández-


Ratio of wastewater treatment Baltic Sea Central and East Europe


Western Europe


North Atlantic


Caribbean


Southern Asia


Central Africa West and Untreated


Sources: UNEP-GPA, 2004. Adapted from a map by Ahlenius, H.,


http://maps.grida.no/go/graphic/ratio -of-wastewater-treatment


Treated


Figure 17: The ratio of treated to untreated wastewater reaching water bodies for 10 regions. An estimated 90 per cent of all wastewa- ter in developing countries is discharged untreated directly into rivers, lakes or the oceans (UN Water, 2008).


44 Mediterranean


East Asia


Caspian Sea


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